Warlords Alpha Videos

We have several videos from the Warlords of Draenor Alpha. There's a "flythrough" (created with flight paths!) of Frostfire Ridge, as well as a Garrision walkthrough and UI preview, and a preview of all the other UI changes in the current Alpha build.

Level 90 Crash Course Videos

Blizzard has just launched a series of videos designed to help new players who have just hit level 90 to learn their class. All the videos are made from the perspective of just giving a new player enough information to get started, and are a fantastic resource if you're new to a class. If you're looking for more in-depth class-by-class information, you can check out Wowhead's Level 90 Class Guides.

Warlords of Draenor will bring in new character models for all but the Worgen, Goblin and Pandaren. Thanks to the Wowhead Model Viewer, where you can see all the currently available new models, we've put together several videos for you! They show off the new animations, and in some cases put the new models side by side with the current versions for comparison.

All these videos can be expanded and watched full-screen by clicking the box to the bottom right of the video player, and the quality increased using the cogwheel once the video is playing. You can also view all these on Wowhead's YouTube Channel - subscribe to be notified of new videos!

In today's roundup, we've got a Noxychu comic, co-written with Khai'xur, to celebrate the launch of Hearthstone, as well as all the information on flying in Draenor, some Throwback Thursday World of Warcraft history, and the latest Talk Azeroth.

Talk Azeroth Episode 30

This week we're taking a basic look at how to use resources like Skada and Recount, or World of Logs and Warcraft Logs to examine and improve your gameplay, as well as examining ways to record your gameplay, including a full setup tutorial on my preferred capture program, DXTory.

Flying in Draenor

Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi has caused quite a stir in a recent video interview where he talks, among other things, about flying in Draenor. While he's talking about the expansion having no flying at all "at ship", many have interpreted this as meaning that there will be no flying throughout the expansion. There have been a couple of blue posts

Hello Wowhead! I'm Olivia Grace, you might know me from my work over at WoW Insider. I recently joined ZAM, and among other things I'm going to be assisting Perculia and posting some news now and then. In today's roundup we've got a small set of hotfixes, as well as Talk Azeroth Episode 29, which I recorded yesterday in response to a viewer question about getting better at WoW. Let me know what you think in the comments! We've also got a few of the last few days' significant Tweets, straight from the Blue Tweet Tracker that Wowhead added this week.

Olivia returns from her break over the holidays and is in her new studio back in the UK for another episode of Talk Azeroth! This week she's looking at the announcement of the new PvP season and what it means for the release date of the expansion, as well as running through the arguments for and against buy-a-90. Then it's on to your viewer questions!

Reaper of Souls Release Date Announced

The Battle.Net Shop was updated for the digital pre-purchase of Reaper of Souls--the release date is March 25th, 2014. Edit: since publishing this, Blizzard has added an official blog on the release date and deluxe perks, which we've included at the end of this article.

Reaper of Souls will cost $39.99 and the deluxe edition is $59.99. If you purchase the deluxe edition, you get a special Treasure Goblin battle pet! Click on the image to check out his animations in our modelviewer--when he dies, he appears to spit out a lot of gold, just like in Diablo.

Check out the full Reaper of Souls announcement from Blizzard at the end of this article!

Talk Azeroth With Olivia--BlizzCon Edition

Olivia's back after the roof blew off her studio, with a Talk Azeroth focusing on one of the biggest pieces of news to come out of BlizzCon, the changes in raid sizes. She's wondering just exactly what the impact will be on different guilds, from LFR right up to the controversial new Mythic raiding mode, as well as talking through a few of your responses to Talk Azeroth 17, and asking for your questions and views on Garrisons.

Warlords of Draenor: Itemization Changes and New Stats

Blizzard devs have been very active on Twitter discussing item and stat changes in Warlords of Draenor. You can learn about the entire itemization preview at BlizzCon on our Warlords of Draenor Guide, or check out the clarifications below. Most of these details were covered at BlizzCon, but it's easy to forget some details with so much new information!

Spirit (healers) and armor (tanks) will only appear on accessory slots, weapons, and gems, not main slots like helms. Accessory items will most likely just have secondary stats.Only main armor pieces like helms will swap their prim

Community manager Lore has made a Patch 5.4 Overview video so you don't lose track of the major features coming tomorrow!

We'll be getting our own Patch 5.4 guide up later today as well, but for now, enjoy Blizzard's video:

Lore

We’re adding a lot of new content in Patch 5.4—so much, in fact, that we couldn’t blame you if some of the biggest new additions managed to slip under your radar. Don’t worry, though. We’ve got you covered with this short video overview of Siege of Orgrimmar. Now there’s no reason to feel left out in the cold. Sit back, relax, and let Community Manager Lore guide you through several of the hottest new features coming in Patch 5.4.

This week, Olivia Grace returns from her trip to the world's largest gaming conference and—after a quick update on what she got up to, including some raving about WildStar and the Oculus Rift—she dives in to the World of Warcraft news that came out of this huge convention.

First up, it's the subject of character models, where Olivia wonders just exactly what Blizzard has been up to all this time. Then she covers the arrival of item squish, the potential for a patch 5.5, and just exactly why you're doing that Black Temple run.

If you want to have your questions answered, the best way to get in touch with Olivia is via email to olivia@zam.com, through twitter @oliviadgrace, or by leaving a comment below!

Cinder Kitten On Sale

Every hero needs a sidekick to watch their six, and this ferocious kitty is up to the task. The Cinder Kitten is fierce and fiery, and your enemies will think twice about engaging you in a fight when this feline is at your side. Scoop this little guy up for 25% off this week only (sale ends September 3, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PDT).

Play With the Blues Event

Today from 2-4pm PST, Blizzard Devs and Community Managers will be hosting a "Play with the Blues" event on the PTR! They'll be testing out the Timeless Isle, an exciting zone filled with rare spawns, BoA epics, and tons of vanity loot!

Not sure where to start? Check out our Timeless Isle coverage--we've been having a blast tracking down all the hidden details on the island: